after we moved from the little house on the
dairy to our own place up the road the browns
moved into the little house earl was a milkman
geneva did piece work at home for the shoe
factory a certain hand sewn sports shoe two long
threads a needle on each then cross stitched her
folks lived there too and helped they’d thread
the needles it sped up the work increased the
family income her father’s favorite occupation
though was to take a chair station himself near
the corncrib with his 22 rifle and shoot rats
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